While MLB struggles to maintain consistent scheduling for all teams due to COVID, the NHL Playoffs (except Tampa Bay-Columbus causing the delay of Boston-Carolina due to 5 OT) continually provide results.
Friday’s schedule sees the remainder of Opening Round matchups complete Game 2 of their series. Here are the five interesting notes around the league.
Dillon Dube (CGY) – Flames rookie center has four goals in his first six postseason games. He’s also scored the first goal in three straight postseason games. (I’m waiting on hockey-reference to fix their site so I can provide more insight on this.) Dube scored just seven goals in his 45 regular-season games, and entered Game 1 against Dallas with one goal in his last 17 games overall.
Miro Heiskanen (DAL) – Stars second-year defenseman scored two goals in Dallas’s 5-4 victory against Calgary last night, giving him seven points this postseason. He tied Quinn Hughes of Vancouver for most points by a defenseman (7).
Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) – Hurricanes forward scored his fourth goal in five postseason games, tying Anthony Beauvillier (NYI) & Bo Horvat (VAN) for highest goals per game this postseason (players still playing).
Youth is served: Svechnikov represents the youth movement in the 2020 postseason, as five of the seven leading goal scorers are 24 or younger.
| Goals Per Game Leaders | ||||
| 2020 Postseason | ||||
| Team | Age | Goals Scored | Goals PG | |
| Anthony Beauvillier | NYI | 23 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | CAR | 20 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Bo Horvat | VAN | 25 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Dillon Dube | CGY | 22 | 4 | 0.66 |
| Domink Kubalik | CHI | 24 | 4 | 0.66 |
| Jonathan Toews | CHI | 32 | 4 | 0.66 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | CLB | 24 | 4 | 0.57 |
| >>teams still participating |
New York Islanders – Entering Game 2 of their series against Washington, the Islanders lead the Eastern Conference averaging 3.4 goals per game. New York ranked 12th in the East during the regular season, with a goal per game average of 2.78.
| New York Islanders, Eastern Conference Rankings | ||
| Postseason, Regular Season | ||
| Postseason | Regular Season | |
| Goals PG | 3.4 (T-1) | 2.78 (12) |
| Goals PG All. | 1.8 (2) | 2.79 (5) |
| Goal Diff. | *+9 (2) | *-1 (10) |
| Pct of Players in Top 40 Scoring Leaders | 3 pct | 13 pct |
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